Transport

A parking omnibus

The parking pictures have been flooding in as Canberrans take up the challenge of educating the selfish and lazy that crappy parking will see them ridiculed.

So here’s a whole swag of badly parked cars.

She who must not be named has sent this one in:

Seen this evening in Dendy Place, Florey while walking the dog… yes, it’s a cul-de-sac, but that’s no excuse for parking in what is close to the middle of the street. Car also seemed to have been there for a little while – not ticking or cooling down.

Golden-Alpine gave us this:

Even professional taxi drivers can fail at parking

Seen at Gungahlin Lakes Club.

Belconnen has many gifts to give and P1 has sent us this:

Photo taken last Friday, Ute had been parked for a few days in this spot, which is a popular place to leave cars out with for sale signs.

Thursday night it was chocked under the rear diff with a big chunk of wood (log), and the rear wheels are gone. That corner is well lit with streetlights, and gets reasonable amount of traffic throughout the night.

Darko on the other hand feels bad parking that is anything less than a crime against humanity should not be remarked on. He sent this one in from the middle of the year as a demonstration of remarkably poor parking.

i think the vehicle inspector’s parking isn’t so bad – one assumes they have authority to park in a loading zone? probably parked behind another vehicle now moved on. one sees this there quite often. and the taxi? is there a line under it [very much not noticable, esp compared to lines around it] or is this a wide spot?

Those are all horrible except the taxi one looks like it’s just in a massive spot with no lines and the ute probably broke down and he managed to push it out of everyone’s way. Probably can’t afford a tow+getting it fixed right now

and the taxi? is there a line under it [very much not noticable, esp compared to lines around it] or is this a wide spot?

rhino said :

Those are all horrible except the taxi one looks like it’s just in a massive spot with no lines…

there are a bunch of circles in a line exactly midway between the two painted on lines, that indicate a series of white “cat’s eye” type markers that are used to demarcate parking spots. They’ve been removed and the holes filled, sure, but a bit of common sense and a moment’s consideration would have been enough for most people to avoid parking across two spaces.